Currently, most of the products appearing on the market are packed with good packaging and beautiful designs. This means that the packaging production market will increasingly expand. This leads to the inevitable development of packaging manufacturing industries. Let Vipaco learn about the development trend of the packaging industry in Vietnam today.
1. History of the Vietnamese packaging industry
The packaging industry in Vietnam has been developing since the 1990s when the market economy started to innovate. In the beginning, the packaging industry focused on producing mainly paper and cartons and was completely spontaneous, but it laid the foundation for the future. In the early 21st century, the market economy develops with the emergence of FDI enterprises. This has pushed Vietnamese packaging to thrive. The results have appeared a number of packaging businesses, many small private businesses. The packaging industry at this time has a small and medium scale, accounting for about 2% of the proportion of the economic structure.
2. The development of the Vietnamese packaging industry today
During the period of international economic integration, Vietnam built free trade relations with the ASEAN market with more than 600 million people. In particular, Vietnam has also established good relations with the United States, the European Union, China, Japan, Russia…Relationships have boosted the economy, including the development of packaging industry.
– Many foreign businesses choose Vietnam as a market, opening up opportunities for the packaging industry
As the economy develops and urbanizes rapidly, consumer demand also increases. Many famous big supermarket brands such as Aeon, Lotte, .. appeared in Vietnam. Besides, Vietnam’s e-commerce industry is growing rapidly. All create opportunities for investors to enter factories in Vietnam.
Estimated growth in the period 2015 – 2020: Packaged food will increase by 38%, baby food by 76%, processed meat and seafood by 58%. Facing this demand forced the packaging industry to improve design and preservation. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for the industry.
Packaging is a diversified product in terms of types and designs, so packaging materials are also plentiful. Packaging materials in Vietnam are mainly plastic, carton, paper, metal and glass. So the industry can start with a small workshop. In 2019, the industry is estimated to increase by 25%, of which soft plastic packaging will increase by 15% and hard plastic by 51%.
3. What does Vietnamese packaging industry need to do to catch up with the times?
The growth of the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries is a great opportunity for the development of packaging industry. To catch up with the times, Vietnam’s packaging industry needs to innovate more. Enterprises need to improve a lot, especially in technology to meet market requirements. Thus, new businesses can fully participate in the “race” of the global supply chain.
Business owners need to have a clear strategy, effective management solutions and plans, find suitable technology equipment, … The production process needs to satisfy orders with small quantity and fast delivery. At the same time, the packaging design should be thinner, lighter, environmentally friendly and efficient and economical.
During the industrial revolution 4.0, the packaging industry needed to promote digital adoption. At the same time, building a smart factory, both saving costs and responding immediately to urgent requests of customers.
4. Vipaco Packaging – Over 15 years of developing and affirming the brand
With more than 15 years of operation in the field, Vipaco has step by step affirmed its position in the market, becoming the leading packaging producer of the packaging industry in Vietnam with high quality, satisfying products. strict standards of difficult markets such as Japan – America – Europe…are always strict in the principles of environmental protection, limiting the discharge of plastic and plastic products into the natural environment.
To create quality packaging products, Vipaco has constantly improved and renewed the entire production line system. Accordingly, all of the machines and production lines we are using are imported directly from famous brands of Germany, Taiwan, Italy such as: 3-layer blowing machine, single-layer blowing machine. high speed, EVOH 5 layer blowing machine, roll cutting machine line, automatic garbage bag folding machine, automatic printer, slitting machine, high quality T-shirt bag cutting machine line, 5 layer Stretch Film Machine … .To ensure the most stable productivity and product quality.
Modern technology production line of Vipaco
Vipaco is proud to be a pioneer in the application of modern production technology in the packaging industry in Vietnam. More than 20,000 square meters of buildings meet the packaging industry’s leading production safety and quality standards with 500 workers and highly skilled technicians, mastering and mastering all modern production lines
Achievements Vipaco has received:
Quality management system – ISO 9001;
Environmental management system – ISO 14001 standard
Energy management system – ISO 50001 standard
Social responsibility standard – Standard SA 8000
5S management standards
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The above is some information about the development trend of the packaging industry in Vietnam. Hope this article will help you better understand the development of Vietnamese packaging industry.
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